3.17.2010

From the article today on Wizards, titled Gods and Monsters by Doug Beyer, 'Horrifying Things Come in Threes'.

"There are three legendary Eldrazi creatures in Rise of the Eldrazi, and a brood lineage of other Eldrazi creatures styled around each of the three legends. We had known that there would be three of them for a while; we had been preparing a supplementary style guide for the block's dramatic third act, complete with an entirely new set of concept illustrations. The look of each brood lineage lines up with the legend that spawned it; I'm excited for you to see what our artists came up with when Rise of the Eldrazi releases.

Kozilek, Butcher of Truth is one of the legendary Eldrazi.The second is called Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre.The third, the largest and most powerful legendary Eldrazi of them all, has not yet been announced."

"The Three shall [return], and the Eye [of Ugin] shall produce its [Ghost]fire, and the [Eldrazi] shall Rise, and this Time no Soul shall [ascend/perish/escape?]"

- Notes found near the Crypt of Agadeem, trans. Anowon the Ruin Sage

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Now, some flavour about potential Planeswalkers in Rise of the Eldrazi . .

"Three powerful planeswalkers - a dragon called Ugin, a stone-shaping lithomancer about whom little is known, and a vampire known as Sorin Markov - came to Zendikar's aid, but even they could not destroy the Eldrazi."

We may be looking at a draconic planeswalker type such as a Sarkhan Vol variant as well as possibly a new one 'Giddeon' a white or white-blue planeswalker.

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Some other news - RoE singles were just put up on MTG Mint Card. Rise of the Eldrazi contains 248 cards (15 Mythic, 53 Rare, 60 Uncommon, 100 Common, 20 land) - chances of you pulling a mitt-full of win in a booster pack is good. Don't forget to Check out MTG Mint Card and just enter "MTG-REALM" on check out page, make sure your shopping cart's value is over $50, and you will get $5 off. This code is good until the end of March, so plan your purchases now.